Gymnastics: Tinkler tailors way to soldier on and spy final

(Reuters) - Britain’s Amy Tinkler did not expect to recover from surgery in time for this week’s gymnastics world championships but on Tuesday she delivered an impressive display and is well placed to make the all-around final in Montreal.

Men’s qualification wrapped up earlier on Tuesday and nobody could overtake Cuban 2015 silver medalist Manrique Larduet, whose Monday performance earned him an 86.699 all-around score that held up through all four subdivisions.

Xiao Ruoteng of China is in second and David Belyavskiy of Russia is in third while Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev, who missed out on a gold medal in Rio by just 0.099 of a point, remained in fifth place heading into the men’s final on Thursday.

Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, who has won the last six world and two Olympic all-around titles, pulled out of qualification on Monday with an apparent lower left leg injury.